Police say Quincy shooting on Furnace Brook Parkway was not random

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Jun 13, 2014 at 1:25 AMJun 13, 2014 at 8:27 AM

Quincy police Capt. John Dougan would not talk about a motive in Monday night's shooting up of a parked car on Furnace Brook Parkway near Copeland Street, but he indicated that detectives are investigating solid leads in the case.

Chris Burrell The Patriot Ledger @Burrell_Ledger

QUINCY – Three days after a gunman shot up a parked car in a Quincy driveway, police are saying it was not a random shooting. There was a man sitting in the car, but he was not hit by the bullets.

Quincy police Capt. John Dougan would not talk about a motive for Monday night’s shooting on Furnace Brook Parkway near Copeland Street, but he indicated that detectives are investigating solid leads in the case.

Seven rounds were fired into the car’s hood and bumper.

Dougan said officers were sent to the scene at about 6:30 p.m. after receiving several calls about shots fired in the area. A woman told police that her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend had returned from South Shore Plaza, and that the boyfriend was still sitting in the car, talking on the phone, when someone started shooting, Dougan said.

Neighbors told police that they saw someone running through nearby woods around the time of the shooting. Police found a Taurus .357 Magnum handgun and a discarded jacket in a yard off Furnace Brook Parkway.

The boyfriend told police he had been sitting in the car for about two minutes after his girlfriend went in the house when the shooting happened. He told police he didn’t know why anyone would want to shoot him, Dougan said.

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